Podcast

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we decided to create a podcast! What better way to bring to the fore the voices of the 50+ oral history narrators in the LGBTQ History Collection. The pilot episode premiered in April 2020.

We are on Anchor, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Radio Public, and wherever you get your podcasts.

A list of all episodes is below.

Episode 1: The HIV/AIDS Crisis

April 2020

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Blue Ridge Lambda Press, vol. 6, no. 3, July 1, 1988.

Episode 2: LGBTQ People and the Police

May 2021

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The Big Lick Gayzette, vol. 1, no. 7, December 3, 1971

Episode 3: The Lavender Menace

June 2021

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Roanoke Valley Women’s Retreat brochure, 1982. Edward F. “Gerry” Jennings, Jr. Papers, LGBTQ History Collection, Virginia Room, Roanoke Public Libraries.

Episode 4: Black Queer Life

December 2022

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Participants and project leaders at “The Black LGBTQIA+ Experience” panel and social event @ the Roanoke Diversity Center, April 2018.

Episode 5: A Look at Gender

December 2022

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PALS Newsletter, vol. 5, no. 2, February 19, 1983.

Episode 6: Queer Housing & Homelessness

December 2023

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From The Roanoke Times, June 28, 1992. Courtesy of the Virginia Room, Roanoke Public Library.

Episode 7: The Kids are Alright

May 2024

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Image still from Patsy Montesinos, “Roanoke Co. School Board adopts model policies for transgender students; one person arrested during meeting,” WDBJ-7, August 17, 2023.

Episode 8: Queer Rockbridge Forever

December 2024

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From C. Hart, Tolerance Month Missed the Point: a zine about LGBTQ+ rights, student activism, & the rural south, Summer 2021.